Black Rock City | Burning Man Journal

Making Placement and Camping in BRC Easier in 2025

December 20, 2024 By Bryant Tan

Placement’s Statement of Intent (SOI) is now open for Black Rock City 2025! If you’re sure (or mostly sure) you’d like to be placed as a theme camp, this Journal ...Read More

Building BRC, Participate in BRC, Tales from the Playa

Stories From the City: Crafting at Camp Luminos

February 5, 2021 By Victor Stevens

Burning Man 2014 was going to be David Bell’s year. He had been staying in Black Rock City’s open camping ...Read More

Serious Stuff, Tales from the Playa, The Ten Principles

Unraveling the Connective Tissue of Storytelling at Burning Man

January 8, 2021 By Gustavo Campos

The Significance of Connecting the Burning Man Experience Through Our Stories Is there a connective tissue among the stories that ...Read More

Art Support Services in Black Rock City, 2019

Survive and Thrive, The Ten Principles

Introducing Blueprints: A New Audio Series About Hard-won Burner Knowledge

December 16, 2020 By Kirsten Weisenburger

Hosted by the inimitable Sassy VonDish, Blueprints is a new Burning Man Project oral storytelling project that documents the lessons ...Read More

Tales from the Playa

2020: Asterisks

December 1, 2020 By The Worst

I woke up one morning in early August and felt the desert calling. A yearning for connection, self-expression, love, and ...Read More

Tales from the Playa

Decompressing The Year That Wasn’t

November 20, 2020 By DA

Note: A previous version of this was published in the DPW Newsletter and is republished here with the author’s permission. ...Read More

Participate in BRC

Thanks to YOU, We’re That Much Closer to Black Rock City!

November 17, 2020 By Will Chase

HOLY WOW, YOU PEOPLE ARE AMAZING. I got a call back in July about helping with this community crowdfunding campaign, ...Read More

Tales from the Playa

Coyote’s Weekly Reader — Virtual Noob: A Boomer’s Trip into the Multiverse

October 21, 2020 By Tony “Coyote” Perez-Banuet

“It’s official, honey, we won’t be building Black Rock City this year.” “Good,” my wife replied. “I can finally grow ...Read More

Building BRC, Official Announcements

Join us for the Mirage Global Premiere — October 24!

October 15, 2020 By Burning Man Project

The world premiere of the International Wood Culture Society's latest Black Rock City documentary, "Mirage," takes place Saturday, October 24, ...Read More

Building BRC, Official Announcements

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion: Lessons from Cultural Direction Setting

October 5, 2020 By Bryant Tan

Black Rock City changes every year and most of us find ourselves planning how we want to show up in ...Read More